Looking for anyone in the area or even close to talk to and share the process with.

Where are you? There's a bunch of us on here!

I'm in Dothan Al

I'm in Birmingham area :-)

Im in Huntsville

I'm in B'ham too.

Hi. I am in Tuscaloosa.

I'm from Decatur.

I'm in Gadsden but had surgery on Anniston

Oxford here! but getting sleeved with Dr Schmitt in Bham on Jan 27th!

Pleasant Grove and I am having my surgery with Dr Schmitt on January 11th. I am a self pay and am looking forward to the procedure next Monday.

Pleasant Grove and I am having my surgery with Dr Schmitt on January 11th. I am a self pay and am looking forward to the procedure next Monday.

Are you doing the outpatient or staying in the hospital? I'm doing outpatient at the surgery center but staying in hotel overnight for next morning follow up and since you are before me I would love insight on how things go for outpatient if you are doing that. Everyone in here has stories of their hospital stay but I can't find much info on the outpatient difference.

I'm in Gadsden, too! I had my surgery done by Dr. Lee Schmitt in Birmingham. I'm 8 weeks out and I've lost 39 pounds.

Pleasant Grove and I am having my surgery with Dr Schmitt on January 11th. I am a self pay and am looking forward to the procedure next Monday.

Are you doing the outpatient or staying in the hospital? I'm doing outpatient at the surgery center but staying in hotel overnight for next morning follow up and since you are before me I would love insight on how things go for outpatient if you are doing that. Everyone in here has stories of their hospital stay but I can't find much info on the outpatient difference.

I am doing outpatient since I only live around 20 minutes away. I will post a reply on my experience next week since I took the week off from work. I am told the pain isn't that bad but I wanted to give me time to get my food intake under control before I went back to work. I have a coworker who had outpatient done at another location and she said it was a breeze but took a while for her to get into the surgical room and then recovery and then discharged.

I had my nutrition class today and the nurses pretty must said the same thing about it taking a while to get discharged. It has to do with the length of the surgery 1.5 hours - 2 hours and if there are patients in before you. Sometimes things can get backed up with the schedule so I would tell anyone waiting for you to get a good book and find a comfy place to hang out. : )

Good luck.

Pleasant Grove and I am having my surgery with Dr Schmitt on January 11th. I am a self pay and am looking forward to the procedure next Monday.

Are you doing the outpatient or staying in the hospital? I'm doing outpatient at the surgery center but staying in hotel overnight for next morning follow up and since you are before me I would love insight on how things go for outpatient if you are doing that. Everyone in here has stories of their hospital stay but I can't find much info on the outpatient difference.

I am doing outpatient since I only live around 20 minutes away. I will post a reply on my experience next week since I took the week off from work. I am told the pain isn't that bad but I wanted to give me time to get my food intake under control before I went back to work. I have a coworker who had outpatient done at another location and she said it was a breeze but took a while for her to get into the surgical room and then recovery and then discharged.

I had my nutrition class today and the nurses pretty must said the same thing about it taking a while to get discharged. It has to do with the length of the surgery 1.5 hours - 2 hours and if there are patients in before you. Sometimes things can get backed up with the schedule so I would tell anyone waiting for you to get a good book and find a comfy place to hang out. : )

Good luck.

Awesome! Thanks for the info. Hope all goes smoothly and you can update after the procedure. I got to my NUT class on the 20th. Getting so excited!!!

I'm in Gadsden, too! I had my surgery done by Dr. Lee Schmitt in Birmingham. I'm 8 weeks out and I've lost 39 pounds.

Cool! I sent you a message